📋 Tender Overview
The Government of Canada is supporting Canadian utilities and system operators that are integrating clean energy solutions to meet the demands of increased electrification at the least cost to ratepayers. These measures are enabling economically and environmentally sustainable energy growth
Today, while attending the Minerals Resources Review 2024 conference in St. Johns, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson announced an investment of over $660,000 through the Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program (SREPs) to support the Labrador West Transmission Study, which will help expand transmission infrastructure to support mining in Labrador West.
The funding announced today will:
help Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro upgrade a 735-kilovolt transmission line between Churchill Falls and Labrador West; facilitate existing and potential iron ore and critical minerals projects in the region; and increase current access to hydroelectricity and, potentially, future access to wind energy.g
Minister Wilkinson also took the opportunity to highlight $1 million in funding that has been provided through the Critical Minerals Geoscience Data (CMGD) initiative to the Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador.
This funding will: generate new public geoscience data to support the exploration and sustainable development of critical minerals (including cobalt, copper, nickel and platinum) in the region; and help position Newfoundland and Labrador mining projects as providers of choice for the minerals that are key to clean technologies such as solar panels and electric vehicle batteries.
These investments are a direct result of the collaborative work between the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador through the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Regional Energy and Resource Table, which released a joint Collaboration Framework on March 20, 2024, to advance the top economic priorities for a low-carbon future in the provinces energy and resource sectors.
